Album · Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Brain Salad Surgery by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Brain Salad Surgery is an album by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, released in 1973. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Still You Turn Me On”, on 4 lists with a best position of #93.
Brain Salad Surgery, Emerson, Lake & Palmer's fourth studio album, landed on 7 December 1973 on Manticore, the new label the trio had launched that March, with Atlantic handling distribution. After the tour for Trilogy they took over their own rehearsal space to work up new material, then cut it at Olympic and Advision between June and September and mixed it at AIR in London in October. Greg Lake produced, as he always had, and H. R. Giger designed the cover.
This is prog at maximum overreach, and it's glorious: Keith Emerson attacking his Hammond and Moog like a man at war with the instruments, Carl Palmer's drums going off like fireworks, and Lake's clear, warm voice holding the center, most tenderly on the acoustic "Still You Turn Me On". Critics were mixed at the time and kinder later. Fans didn't wait: it went to number two in the UK and 11 in the US, went gold in both, and sent the trio out on their biggest world tour yet, all the way to headlining California Jam.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Brain Salad Surgery on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Still You Turn Me On | 4 | #93 | – | 2001–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.